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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in blended learning technology have enabled students all around the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Educators want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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